Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-19
HOUSE.
Thursday, February l..

Thursday, February IL.
The Committee on Railroad reported
iayorably II. +. NJ, t. prevent di>crlmI-
nation in railroad fares; II. i. -, TO It
Iuire railroad cOmpLnI,> Ia give notice at
stations whether passenger trans are on
tlne or not. and n. b. 81, providing Tor
the subscription 20 the capital stock ID
railroad corporations by counties, districts,
lncOrpoTate cities. towns or Villages ana
securing to subscribers the foil benefit oil
such subscriptions.
II. T. 10, To amend and re-enact al act
to authorize the county Of Jefferson 10 hnd
Al a lower rate OF interest or on better
terms the outstanding hOndS OF ald .coun-
" passed March %, lssl, was passed by a
vote Of 30 to none and ordered to take effect
from its passage
REPORT OF THE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.
Th following report rom the committee
70 investigate the Hospital tOr the Insane
At Weston, raised under Senate Joint les
olution No. Is, MAS lail before the House
by the Speaker:
To tn Legislature Of Wed JIrgiRid.
Since assembled here We have been
closely and diligently engaged about the
duty assigned to us We > heard much
violence and much remains 10 be heard.
There are some matters of importance up
on which il would not be proper TO report
lntil al the evidence u in. The scope o
the Investigation is wide and II may be tina,
we shall not be able Ia form and state our
conclusions before the end OF the present
sSsion of the Legislature, though We shall
make every effort 10 de 10. IL - clearly
,ertaiu the testimony taken in short hanc
an not be transcribed by that time. IL
view of that fact We respectfully requeS
that We may be permitted 10 make on
turther and final Export to the GOTerno
tier the expiration of this session, If W,
ind ourselves unable 70 rePOy! before ina
time.
Eut what We have learned in the dis
charge of our duty here and hy reflection
mon the subject, We have been brought Z
the unanimous and decided conviction, Is
That the Board OF Directors OF the Hosp
TAI should not he appointed wholly ilou
one political party, and, !. That the la'
should require that physicians OF the HoN
pjtal should BE- graduates Of medie'ne.
If nj least three oi the directors At
I not OF the same political party ~ the Gov
| tnor appointing. We beheYe that the man
! sgrment of the Hospital would i've MOI
| 6kely to merit and receive the e"nhdene
| of the whole people, that criticism woul'
! - l~arvely diSarmed; that \ wiser an
,,;5sr interest would b. felt in the weliar
I If The unfortunate insane; that some par
,f the bitter local animOSitleS Of whIeI
! The Hospital h2s been, at TN
same time the occasion and the victim
WoDId disappear. and that for the iutnr
! here would be les need OF investigations
(which are necessarily expensive ana IN
| pleasant tor AL concerned
, The -suecssSiss ROardS OF Director
have in the BYLAWS adopted them born
| ,sstimonv TO the importance Ofthe require
uent that the officers Of the INSTITUTION
! hall he graduates Of medicine, yet tn
Roard has disregaried this PLAN, iRdlelo1
and important provision in one instance D,
appointing as an assistant physician,
Gentleman who does not meet TINS require
ment ThG fact is sufficient we THINK
10 show the pEophety Of placing this PrC
v;s;op in the Statute Law, EhaEe 1t VII
control the Directors snd not he CONTROL
ed by them
As directed by the Joint Reslutio'
adopted by you OF the 5th OF February
1881. we have examined the sewerage OF IN
HOSPITAL and have heard evidence n
~specting the injury caused by tn
nTssent location Of the outlet OF the mai
sewer. At this time no injurious effect